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Even if you're not interested in being a Snooze-ed-for-the-summer, you're sure to want to see the historical Georgian Crimson building, with its historical interior, where for centuries historical Harvies have exchanged gossip and ice-cream sandwiches...
Half a dozen or so central characters, wearing both the blue and the grey, move forward to the conflict. On the Confederate side, the standouts are General Forrest, a bombastic, semiliterate slave trader who leads a ferocious cavalry charge, and Captain Hamilton LeRoy Acox, a mild Georgian who, though weary of war, wields a mighty sword in a lunatic moment at Fort Pillow...
...state more or less renowned as the home of Errol Flynn and the Tasmanian wolf. Beyond that, it serves mainland Australia 150 miles to the north as a market garden, raising crisp fruits and vegetables on its tidy farms and in its verdant apple orchards. Inland from the quaint, Georgian-styled capital of Hobart (pop. 116,000) the island is windy and rugged, forested with towering oaks and giant eucalyptus trees, which rank among the world's tallest hardwoods. Last week those forests brought Tasmania some unwanted renown: the most disastrous fire in Australian history...
...elocution lessons to correct her Manchester accent. She met Pinter, who himself started as an actor, while touring the provinces with a Shakespearean troupe. Their marriage in 1956 gave Pinter a sure breadwinner in the house and enabled him to try playwriting. Today they own a splendid five-story Georgian town house overlooking Regent's Park in London-the House the Absurd built...
Bears & Bulls. Home base for Mrs. Post's constant flurry of house parties and charity benefits is Washington's Hillwood, a 22-room Georgian mansion set on 24 acres overlooking Rock Creek Park. Invitations to Hillwood are only slightly less sought after than those to the White House. The house, already bequeathed to the Smithsonian, is furnished with Gobelin tapestries and Louis XVI furniture (including chairs made for Marie Antoinette). It is surrounded by a garden with plants from Buckingham Palace and Mount Vernon. In the French Regency dining room, guests-including Cabinet Ministers and royalty-eat from...